Monday, October 19th 2020

AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Pictured in the Flesh

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Here's the first picture showing AMD's Ryzen 5000 series "Zen 3" desktop processors in the flesh. The first wave of Ryzen 5000 series for the retail channel include the Ryzen 5 5600X, the Ryzen 7 5800X, the Ryzen 9 5900X and the 5950X. All four chips are shown sitting on a tray. All four chips are compatible with existing Socket AM4 motherboards based on the AMD 500 series chipset motherboard with a BIOS update; and with the 400-series using a special beta BIOS which will be released in January 2021. The four should be available for purchase in the retail channel by November 5, 2020, with the 6-core/12-thread 5600X priced at USD $300, the 8-core/16-thread 5800X at $450, the 12-core/24-thread 5900X at $550, and the flagship 16-core/32-thread 5950X at $800.
Source: HXL (Twitter)

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30 Comments on AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Pictured in the Flesh

#1
Tomgang
5600X and 5950X come to pappa :peace:, for my 2 in 1 system planning to get after the Christmas/new years holiday.

If the dam virus dosent ruin my plans for a second time that is.
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#2
Caring1
Lol, owners of 400 series boards can buy the chip in just over two weeks, but have to wait until January next year to use it. :roll:
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#3
windwhirl
Caring1Lol, owners of 400 series boards can buy the chip in just over two weeks, but have to wait until January next year to use it. :roll:
Eh, either they are running zen+, so they can wait it out a bit more, or zen2, so they don't really have this massive need to upgrade right now.
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#4
Rob94hawk
Very exciting! I guess I can sell my FX-53 now?
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#7
Nephilim666
Rob94hawkVery exciting! I guess I can sell my FX-53 now?
I'll start the bidding, $3
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#8
ratirt
Caring1Lol, owners of 400 series boards can buy the chip in just over two weeks, but have to wait until January next year to use it. :roll:
I honestly am thinking about getting the 570x board if it's worth it. I will take a look at the features and see benchmarks. Not sure if there will be a lot to benefit from the 570x in my case. Although I could really use the faster storage unit that's for sure. So maybe 570x is the way to go.
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#10
jesdals
If I could have them today - I would take the whole tray :)
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#11
chaosmassive
400 series is the most versatile board ever, from lowly 2c/4t zen+ cores, up to 16/32 zen 3 let that sink in for a moment.
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#12
Turmania
This is the last time we be using am4 socket right?
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#13
chaosmassive
TurmaniaThis is the last time we be using am4 socket right?
I think so... zen 3 is last supported cpu on am4 platform unless something changed in the future..
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#14
Chrispy_
Nephilim666I'll start the bidding, $3
Mic drop. Nobody else is going to pay more than $3 :P

Seriously, if anyone is still using Bulldozer derivatives at this point then they clearly don't need CPU performance. Have you considered a nice, cool and quiet Pentium J5040?
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#15
Unregistered
With they be available or are we going to have a paper launch?
#16
windwhirl
Xex360With they be available or are we going to have a paper launch?
You'll know that for sure when the launch date comes.
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#17
kapone32
Rob94hawkVery exciting! I guess I can sell my FX-53 now?
You are going to be gobsmacked. There is a reason that the 3300x is basically the only AM4 CPU you can't buy.
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#18
mouacyk
Back to $300 for hexacores. Yay.
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#19
Zach_01
mouacykBack to $300 for hexacores. Yay.
A hexacore that could smoke some octacores... Yay X2!
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#20
droopyRO
Zach_01A hexacore that could smoke some octacores... Yay X2!
Will wait for reviews, but yes, i expect the 5600X to be above my 2700X in all common apps and games.
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#21
Jism
TurmaniaThis is the last time we be using am4 socket right?
Jep; but i dont think these CPU's will be a problem in relation of computing power or so. A system with 16 cores and 32 threads boosting up to 4.9Ghz will set you ahead quite a few years before it actually starts to become the lower end.
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#22
mouacyk
Zach_01A hexacore that could smoke some octacores... Yay X2!
try smoking the 5800 then. so much for perf/$
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#23
Chrispy_
mouacyktry smoking the 5800 then. so much for perf/$
Like Zen2 there will be a few 'sweet spot' products, and a whole bunch of stuff best avoided unless you're desperate.

The 5900X is the one to get for multithreaded performance.
The 5700 will be the best way to get a fully-enabled CCD of 8C/16T at a sensible TDP and price, so this is the midrange that will be recommended for almost any kind of general-use CPU
The 5600 will be the budget hexa-core to fight off the competition from the budget i5 models.

Given that two of those three models aren't being released at luanch in 8 days, I suggest you pay attention to the 5900X review and ignore the rest until AMD releases the mass-market 5600 and 5700 models in Q1/Q2 2021.
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#24
Zach_01
mouacyktry smoking the 5800 then. so much for perf/$
I quit smoking strange things 20 years ago... so no thank you!

As for the perf/$ I wouldnt be eager to judge a CPU only knowing its price, because I didnt like it. Wait for reviews and charts...
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#25
hurakura
very sexy, i'm gonna go abuse myself now
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